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Unique ID: 2148 Added to Database: 12 February 2012 Last Edited: 24 March 2012 Type (ID): FV4201 Chieftain (3570) Model (ID): Mark 5 (3578) Location Category (ID): The Tank Museum - Reserve Collection (3016) Location (ID): Storage (3016) Serial Number: Registration: 00 FD 69 and 06 SP 71 (source: Museum Vehicle Record). Name: Other Identification: Collection Reference: E2011.2090. Links: Museum Vehicle Record References: Associated Tanks: Location History: (see map) 1: Royal Ordnance Factory, Barnbow, Crossgates, Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber, Britain (Sole manufacturer) 2: RAOC Vehicle Depot, Ludgershall, Wiltshire, South West England, Britain (In service 27 March 1972) 3: Arborfield Garrison – Berkshire, England (From September 1973) 4: The Tank Museum - Reserve Collection, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Current location) Text in original Preserved British Tanks publication: [No entry] Text in Preserved British Tanks Update: [No entry] Text in original Preserved Tanks In Britain publication: The record card for this Chieftain Mark 5 (as 00 FD 69) shows it was built at ROF Leeds and had a Date in Service of 27 March 1972 at Ludgershall. Then it was at the School of Electronic Engineers at Arborfield in September 1973; no further details are given. It was put on the museum books in 2011.

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